Not yet two years old, little Madison Parrot died Friday afternoon in a New Orleans hospital, the victim of apparent abuse.

St. Tammany Parish authorities are now seeking a first-degree murder warrant against the child's foster mother, Trenique Faciane, 40. She was arrested earlier for cruelty after authorities say she admitted beating the child.

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Speaking out after her daughter's death, Madison's biological mother, Mindy Parrot, says she told case workers with the state Department of Children and Family Services of the suspected abuse months ago, and the state agency did nothing about it.

Seeing Madison generally once a week, Mindy Parrot says she began noticing suspicious cuts and bruises. Back in March, she alerted the state, concerned about the possibility of abuse at the hands of Faciane. St. Tammany Parish authorities say Faciane is part owner of Wee Wisdom Learning Center, a privately owned child care facility in Slidell.

When asked what state workers did after she alerted them to the possibility of abuse, Mindy Parrot could only shake her head. She was only days away from possibly reuniting with Madison. With the help of North Shore attorney Bill Arata, Mindy Parrot had completed court ordered counseling and was hoping to get Madison back around June 4.

Arata claims the system failed both mother and child.

"The problem I've got is she (Mindy) brought this to their attention over and over and over again," he said.

"Mindy had been asking about it (suspicious bruises) and had asked the social worker about it, and nothing was ever done," said Sharon Varnado, Madison's grandmother, and the guardian of Madison's three older siblings.

Authorities say Faciane admitted beating the child with a hairbrush, shaking her, and dropping her into a bathtub. She was jailed earlier for felony cruelty in connection with Madison's injuries. With the child's death, authorities will likely seek a first-degree murder warrant against her.

"Less than two weeks away from hopeful reunification with her child. That can't happen now," says Arata. "They've got to change the system. The system has to evolve."

Sitting next to her emotionally distraught sister, Madison's aunt, Kelly Buras, slams the state agency saying, "They are not doing their job. They are not doing what they need to do to keep these kids safe."

Efforts to contact the Department of Children and Family Services Friday afternoon for comment were unsuccessful.

Madison, 22-months-old, will be laid to rest next week. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.